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2186 – the Dutch photographer Cas Oorthuys and Athos in 1957-3

Posted on December 29, 2020 by athosweblog

The third contact print from the Cas Oorthuys files in the Dutch photo museum contains pictures of Simonos Petras and Docheiariou. He did not visit these monasteries, because photographs up close are missing. And on this contact print number 99027 I run … Continue reading →

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2076 – Athos pilgrimage 2019: coloured glass

Posted on October 5, 2019 by athosweblog

Wim, 5/10

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2044 – a visit to the Mar Saba monastery near Bethlehem

Posted on March 20, 2019 by athosweblog

This weblog is about Athos. But every now and then I have to report something not directly related to the Holy Mountain, because of its importance or beauty. Today I will show some photos of the Greek orthodox monastery Mar … Continue reading →

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1987 – another look at the interior of the cell of Maroudá

Posted on March 18, 2018 by athosweblog

My Athos friend Jan Paul ten Bruggencate, who just cellebrated his 87th birthday this month and who will be visiting Athos again in May (respect!), has been visiting the cell of Maroudá many times. He gave me the advice to … Continue reading →

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1781 – Twenty monasteries in seven days, Day 1

Posted on January 27, 2016 by athosweblog

This is the first episode of seven of the  Athos trip Goulven Le Goff and his brother Ivonig made in May 2015. They visited all 20 monasteries in one week.  Text and photo’s by G. and I. Le Goff. This … Continue reading →

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1337 – our new domain: athosweblog.com

Posted on January 23, 2013 by athosweblog

(photo by Bas Kamps) Because athos.weblog.nl is closing down from the first of March 2013, we have been exporting our 1337 posts (with a few hundred photos!) from the last years to this weblog. Unfortunately most of the pictures have … Continue reading →

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Re-opening of this Blog? Will athos.weblog.nl move back to this site?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by athosweblog

We will try to copy the content as soon as possible to this adresss!! The first picture I ever took on Mount Athos: July 1980, monks on the pier of Sografou. Wim, Jan 23th 2012

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1243 – Athos weblog is back ! (more or less…..)

Posted on September 21, 2011 by athosweblog

Dear readers, Due to migration problems from Typepad to WordPress our weblog has been out of order for almost one month. We are sorry for that, but we couldn’t do anything about it. And problems are not over yet: most … Continue reading →

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94 – Athos links

Posted on June 5, 2007 by athosweblog

De top, foto gevonden op de russische site (zie hieronder). Omdat het aantal liefhebbers van vreemde talen op deze weblog snel groeiende is zal ik deze link er aan toevoegen (gevonden via yandex.ru/). En succes met vertalen ! (NB. als … Continue reading →

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70 – Drie nachten

Posted on April 19, 2007 by athosweblog

In deze straat in Karyes bevindt zich het ” hotel” Toestemming krijg je officieel voor drie nachten. Voor een vierde nacht is toestemming van de abt vereist. In 1997 namen wij de 4e nacht het ” hotel” in Karyes maar … Continue reading →

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